I ran an internship program for 3 months – oh man, I LOVED it, but it was a MASSIVE amount of work.

I did some mega traveling in 2013 with 15 days in Florida, some in Panama City, Biloxi, New Orleans, just to name a few.

I feel so blessed to be able to be home most of the time with my family and still contribute to the household coffers! SO, thanks guys for making all this possible!

Now that we have established the changes that are on the top of my head, I also like to share with you what my top posts, referrals, keywords, etc have been for the year. I believe that every blogger that considers their blog a business should take time to reflect, as I am. It helps you get your ducks back in a row and helps you be organized for the new year.

If you don’t know what your readers are liking, how can you know what to keep giving them?

If you don’t know what places are sending you traffic, then how can you know what places to spend your time?

Top 10 posts from 2013

The Christmas Cookie Exchange – written on December 6th of 2013, it shocks me that this is my #3 post for the year – however, it struck gold and went viral!

Does the Tummy Tuck Belt Really Work? Still bringing in lots of search engine traffic, this post no longer reflects what I write about. However, it was #1 for a long time so the things I write about are slowly taking it over.

Monster Cookie Dough Dip – This is a guest post written by Brianne. The pictures on this post are just too gorgeous… so great that every few weeks I push them back through my Pinterest account and am linking it to linkies every few months!

Yeah, Pinterest accounts for WAY too much of my traffic, but actually towards the end of 2013 I started to try to remedy that. I will continue working on building my Facebook page and search engine traffic through 2014 to see those numbers get closer together.

Top 10 Search Engine Keywords from 2013

Google changed, so I actually have over XYZ not provided keywords so I can’t give exacts, but I still just wanted to know what was working and what wasn’t. I also like to give the public record because I know that when I reevaluate next year, the info will be right here!

Not provided <– yeah this accounts for about 65,000 of my keywords. but to give you an idea, the top 3 landing pages under not provided keywords are:

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I’m so glad that I’m a partner with your site. I’m grateful to you for everything you’ve taught me in 2013. I look forward to what 2014 will bring us.Crystal Green´s last blog post ..New Years Inspiration for 2014